String of beads
Naqada II (Gezean) 3650–3300 B.C.
FindspotMesaid (Mesa'eed), Egypt
Medium/TechniqueCarnelian, faience, and stone
DimensionsOverall: 35 cm length of string x 0.5 cm diameter of ring and barrel beads (13 3/4 x 3/16 in.)
Diameter and length of agate bead: 1 x 0.5 cm (3/8 x 3/16 in.)
Diameter and length of agate bead: 1 x 0.5 cm (3/8 x 3/16 in.)
Credit LineHarvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession number13.3906
On View
Not on viewClassificationsJewelry / Adornment
ProvenanceFrom Mesaid (Mesa'eed), tomb 925 [M/925]. 1913: excavated by the Harvard University–Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA by the government of Egypt.
305–30 B.C.
2040–1640 B.C.
2040–1640 B.C.
2040–1640 B.C.
2040–1550 B.C.
100 B.C.–A.D. 300
90–50 B.C.
2040–1640 B.C.